Akshay Sardana is an engineer-turned-marketer passionate about technology and its life-changing implications. As a Director, Product Marketing at Optus, he is responsible for integrated marketing
strategy across all marketing channels – driving demand and market share growth across all consumer product lines and segments.
Over the last twelve years, Akshay has worked with some of the world’s leading organisations including Nokia Siemens, Huawei, ASUS and Optus and contributed towards positive growth & transformation in
the digital era. With an eye for detail and the love for technology, he enjoys being amongst tactical positioning for winning work, where true value can be added for consumers. He is confident to combat odds and has the amenability to adapt to any new situation. He has a strong sense of leadership intent in terms of taking ownership of tasks at hand as well as true sense of team spirit and collaboration. He is passionate about the magic of combining art and science to solve for business problems and thrives on building high performing teams.
In addition to his primary job functions, Akshay won the 2019 AMI Future Leader of the Year Award for marketing excellence and is part of the amazing Optus marketing team who won the 2020 Mumbrella
Marketing Team of the Year Award.
Akshay holds an Engineering degree in Computer Science from Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), India and a dual Master’s degree including a MBA in Technology Management from University of
Technology (UTS), Sydney.
Outside of work, he enjoys watching sport (mainly cricket), blending his own perfume scent, going to the gym and travelling with his wife (who does all the planning).
